4. Cūḷapanthakattheraapadānavaṇṇanā

Padumuttaronāma jinotiādikaṃ āyasmato cūḷapanthakattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle yadettha aṭṭhuppattivasena vattabbaṃ, taṃ aṭṭhakanipāte mahāpanthakavatthusmiṃ (theragā. 510 ādayo) vuttameva. Ayaṃ pana viseso – mahāpanthakatthero arahattaṃ patvā phalasamāpattisukhena vītināmento cintesi – ‘‘kathaṃ nu kho sakkā cūḷapanthakampi imasmiṃ sukhe patiṭṭhāpetu’’nti. So attano ayyakaṃ dhanaseṭṭhiṃ upasaṅkamitvā āha – ‘‘sace, mahāseṭṭhi , anujānātha, ahaṃ cūḷapanthakaṃ pabbājeyya’’nti. ‘‘Pabbājetha, bhante’’ti. Thero taṃ pabbājesi. So dasasu sīlesu patiṭṭhito bhātu santike –

‘‘Padumaṃ yathā kokanadaṃ sugandhaṃ, pāto siyā phullamavītagandhaṃ;

Aṅgīrasaṃ passa virocamānaṃ, tapantamādiccamivantalikkhe’’ti. (saṃ. ni. 1.123; a. ni. 5.195) –

Gāthaṃ uggaṇhanto catūhi māsehi uggahetuṃ nāsakkhi, gahitampi hadaye na tiṭṭhati. Atha naṃ mahāpanthako, ‘‘cūḷapanthaka, tvaṃ imasmiṃ sāsane abhabbo, catūhi māsehi ekaṃ gāthampi gahetuṃ na sakkosi, pabbajitakiccaṃ pana tvaṃ kathaṃ matthakaṃ pāpessasi, nikkhama ito’’ti so therena paṇāmiko dvārakoṭṭhakasamīpe rodamāno aṭṭhāsi.

Tena ca samayena satthā jīvakambavane viharati. Atha jīvako purisaṃ pesesi – ‘‘gaccha, pañcahi bhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ satthāraṃ nimantehī’’ti. Tena ca samayena āyasmā mahāpanthako bhattuddesako hoti. So ‘‘pañcannaṃ bhikkhusatānaṃ bhikkhaṃ paṭicchathā’’ti vutto ‘‘cūḷapanthakaṃ ṭhapetvā sesānaṃ paṭicchāmī’’ti āha. Taṃ sutvā cūḷapanthako bhiyyosomattāya domanassappatto ahosi. Satthā tassa cittakkhedaṃ ñatvā ‘‘cūḷapanthako mayā katena upāyena bujjhissatī’’ti tassa avidūraṭṭhāne attānaṃ dassetvā ‘‘kiṃ, panthaka, rodasī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Bhātā maṃ, bhante, paṇāmetī’’ti āha. ‘‘Panthaka, mā cintayi, mama sāsane tuyhaṃ pabbajjā, ehi imaṃ gahetvā ‘rajoharaṇaṃ, rajoharaṇa’nti manasi karohī’’ti iddhiyā suddhaṃ coḷakkhaṇḍaṃ abhisaṅkharitvā adāsi. So satthārā dinnaṃ coḷakkhaṇḍaṃ ‘‘rajoharaṇaṃ, rajoharaṇa’’nti hatthena parimajjanto nisīdi. Tassa taṃ parimajjantassa kiliṭṭhadhātukaṃ jātaṃ, puna parimajjantassa ukkhaliparipuñchanasadisaṃ jātaṃ. So ñāṇaparipākattā evaṃ cintesi – ‘‘idaṃ coḷakkhaṇḍaṃ pakatiyā parisuddhaṃ, imaṃ upādiṇṇakasarīraṃ nissāya kiliṭṭhaṃ aññathā jātaṃ, tasmā aniccaṃ yathāpetaṃ, evaṃ cittampī’’ti khayavayaṃ paṭṭhapetvā tasmiṃyeva nimitte jhānāni nibbattetvā jhānapādakaṃ katvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Arahattapattassevassa tepiṭakaṃ pañcābhiññā ca āgamiṃsu.

Satthā ekūnehi pañcabhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ gantvā jīvakassa nivesane paññatte āsane nisīdi. Cūḷapanthako pana attano bhikkhāya appaṭicchitattā eva na gato. Jīvako yāguṃ dātuṃ ārabhi. Satthā hatthena pattaṃ pidahi. ‘‘Kasmā, bhante, na gaṇhathā’’ti vutte ‘‘vihāre eko bhikkhu atthi, jīvakā’’ti. So purisaṃ pesesi – ‘‘gaccha, bhaṇe, vihāre nisinnaṃ ayyaṃ gahetvā ehī’’ti. Cūḷapanthakattheropi rūpena kiriyāya ca ekampi ekena asadisaṃ bhikkhusahassaṃ nimminitvā nisīdi. So puriso vihāre bhikkhūnaṃ bahubhāvaṃ disvā gantvā jīvakassa kathesi – ‘‘imasmā bhikkhusaṅghā vihāre bhikkhusaṅgho bahutaro, pakkositabbaṃ ayyaṃ na jānāmī’’ti. Jīvako satthāraṃ pucchi – ‘‘ko nāmo, bhante, vihāre nisinno bhikkhū’’ti? ‘‘Cūḷapanthako nāma, jīvakā’’ti. ‘‘Gaccha, bhaṇe, ‘cūḷapanthako nāma kataro’ti pucchitvā taṃ ānehī’’ti. So vihāraṃ gantvā ‘‘cūḷapanthako nāma kataro, bhante’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Ahaṃ cūḷapanthako, ahaṃ cūḷapanthako’’ti ekappahārena bhikkhusahassampi kathesi. So punāgantvā taṃ pavattiṃ jīvakassa ārocesi jīvako paṭividdhasaccattā ‘‘iddhimā maññe, ayyo’’ti nayato ñatvā ‘‘gaccha, bhaṇe, paṭhamaṃ kathentaṃ ayyameva ‘tumhe satthā pakkosatī’ti vatvā cīvarakaṇṇe gaṇhāhī’’ti āha. So vihāraṃ gantvā tathā akāsi. Tāvadeva nimmitabhikkhū antaradhāyiṃsu. So theraṃ gahetvā agamāsi.

Satthā tasmiṃ khaṇe yāguñca khajjakādibhedañca paṭiggaṇhi. Katabhattakicco bhagavā āyasmantaṃ cūḷapanthakaṃ āṇāpesi ‘‘anumodanaṃ karohī’’ti. So pabhinnapaṭisambhido sineruṃ gahetvā mahāsamuddaṃ manthento viya tepiṭakaṃ buddhavacanaṃ saṅkhobhento satthu ajjhāsayaṃ gaṇhanto anumodanaṃ akāsi. Dasabale bhattakiccaṃ katvā vihāraṃ gate dhammasabhāyaṃ kathā udapādi ‘aho buddhānaṃ ānubhāvo, yatra hi nāma cattāro māse ekagāthaṃ gahetuṃ asakkontampi lahukena khaṇeneva evaṃ mahiddhikaṃ akaṃsū’ti, tathā hi jīvakassa nivesane nisinno bhagavā ‘evaṃ cūḷapanthakassa cittaṃ samāhitaṃ, vīthipaṭipannā vipassanā’ti ñatvā yathānisinnoyeva attānaṃ dassetvā, ‘panthaka, nevāyaṃ pilotikā kiliṭṭhā rajānukiṇṇā, ito pana aññopi ariyassa vinaye saṃkileso rajo’ti dassento –

‘‘Rāgo rajo na ca pana reṇu vuccati, rāgassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ rajoti;

Etaṃ rajaṃ vippajahitvā bhikkhavo, viharanti te vigatarajassa sāsane.

‘‘Doso rajo…pe… vigatarajassa sāsane.

‘‘Moho rajo…pe… vigatarajassa sāsane’’ti. (mahāni. 209; cūḷani. udayamāṇavapucchāniddesa 74) –

Imā tisso gāthāyo abhāsi. Gāthāpariyosāne cūḷapanthako sahapaṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇīti. Satthā tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ kathāsallāpaṃ sutvā āgantvā buddhāsane nisīditvā ‘‘kiṃ vadetha, bhikkhave’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imaṃ nāma, bhante’’ti vutte ‘‘bhikkhave, cūḷapanthakena idāni mayhaṃ ovāde ṭhatvā lokuttharadāyajjaṃ laddhaṃ, pubbe pana lokiyadāyajjaṃ laddha’’nti vatvā tehi yācito cūḷaseṭṭhijātakaṃ (jā. 1.1.4) kathesi. Aparabhāge naṃ satthā ariyagaṇaparivuto dhammāsane nisinno manomayaṃ kāyaṃ abhinimminantānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ cetovivaṭṭakusalānañca aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi.

35. Evaṃ so pattaetadaggaṭṭhāno attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā pītisomanassavasena pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento padumuttaro nāma jinotiādimāha. Tattha purimapadadvayaṃ vuttatthameva. Gaṇamhā vūpakaṭṭhosoti so padumuttaro nāma satthā gaṇamhā mahatā bhikkhusamūhato vūpakaṭṭho visuṃ bhūto vivekaṃ upagato. Tadā mama tāpasakāle himavante himālayapabbatasamīpe vasi vāsaṃ kappesi, catūhi iriyāpathehi vihāsīti attho.

36.Ahampi…pe… tadāti yadā so bhagavā himavantaṃ upagantvā vasi, tadā ahampi himavantasamīpe kataassame ā samantato kāyacittapīḷāsaṅkhātā parissayā samanti etthāti assamoti laddhanāme araññāvāse vasāmīti sambandho. Acirāgataṃ mahāvīranti aciraṃ āgataṃ mahāvīriyavantaṃ lokanāyakaṃ padhānaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ upesinti sambandho, āgatakkhaṇeyeva upāgaminti attho.

37.Pupphacchattaṃ gahetvānāti evaṃ upagacchanto ca padumuppalapupphādīhi chāditaṃ pupphamayaṃ chattaṃ gahetvā narāsabhaṃ narānaṃ seṭṭhaṃ bhagavantaṃ chādento upagacchiṃ samīpaṃ gatosmīti attho. Samādhiṃ samāpajjantanti rūpāvacarasamādhijjhānaṃ samāpajjantaṃ appetvā nisinnassa antarāyaṃ ahaṃ akāsinti sambandho.

38.Ubho hatthehi paggayhāti taṃ susajjitaṃ pupphacchattaṃ dvīhi hatthehi ukkhipitvā ahaṃ bhagavato adāsinti sambandho. Paṭiggahesīti taṃ mayā dinnaṃ pupphacchattaṃ padumuttaro bhagavā sampaṭicchi, sādaraṃ sādiyīti attho.

41.Satapattachattaṃ paggayhāti ekekasmiṃ padumapupphe satasatapattānaṃ vasena satapattehi padumapupphehi chāditaṃ pupphacchattaṃ pakārena ādarena gahetvā tāpaso mama adāsīti attho. Tamahaṃ kittayissāmīti taṃ tāpasaṃ ahaṃ kittayissāmi pākaṭaṃ karissāmīti attho. Mama bhāsato bhāsamānassa vacanaṃ suṇotha manasi karotha.

42.Pañcavīsatikappānīti iminā pupphacchattadānena pañcavīsativāre tāvatiṃsabhavane sakko hutvā devarajjaṃ karissatīti sambandho. Catuttiṃsatikkhattuñcāti catuttiṃsativāre manussaloke cakkavattī rājā bhavissati.

43.Yaṃyaṃ yoninti manussayoniādīsu yaṃ yaṃ jātiṃ saṃsarati gacchati upapajjati. Tattha tattha yoniyaṃ abbhokāse suññaṭṭhāne patiṭṭhantaṃ nisinnaṃ ṭhitaṃ vā padumaṃ dhārayissati upari chādayissatīti attho.

45.Pakāsite pāvacaneti tena bhagavato sakalapiṭakattaye pakāsite dīpite manussattaṃ manussajātiṃ labhissati upapajjissati. Manomayamhi kāyamhīti manena jhānacittena nibbattoti manomayo, yathā cittaṃ pavattati, tathā kāyaṃ pavatteti cittagatikaṃ karotīti attho. Tamhi manomaye kāyamhi so tāpaso cūḷapanthako nāma hutvā uttamo aggo bhavissatīti attho. Sesaṃ heṭṭhā vuttattā uttānattā ca suviññeyyameva.

52.Sariṃ kokanadaṃ ahanti ahaṃ bhagavato nimmitacoḷakaṃ parimajjanto kokanadaṃ padumaṃ sarinti attho. Tattha cittaṃ vimucci meti tasmiṃ kokanade padume mayhaṃ cittaṃ adhimucci allīno, tato ahaṃ arahattaṃ pāpuṇinti sambandho.

53. Ahaṃ manomayesu cittagatikesu kāyesu sabbattha sabbesu pāramiṃ pariyosānaṃ gato pattoti sambandho. Sesaṃ vuttanayamevāti.

Cūḷapanthakattheraapadānavaṇṇanā samattā.